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Arch of Triumph

by Remarque, Erich Maria (translated from the German by Walter Sorell and Denver Lindley

Condition
Used - good- stain at bottom of spine & front board; all else-clean, tight, & attractive.
Jacket Condition
fair- heavy wear to dj edges; light stain on spine bottom; dj protected by new Mylar wrap.
Published
1945
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New York: D. Appleton-Century, 1945. good- stain at bottom of spine & front board; all else-clean, tight, & attractive./fair- heavy wear to dj edges; light stain on spine bottom; dj protected by new Mylar wrap.. 8 vo; blue boards with gilt lettering on front board & spine; 455 pp; illust. dj.
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$60.00
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Cashel Byron's Profession

by Shaw, Bernard

Condition
Used - very good - clean, tight, & attractive
Published
1900 c.a.
Binding
Hardcover
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New York: Brentano's, 1900 c.a.. Hardcover. very good - clean, tight, & attractive. 8 vo; dark blue boards; paper pastedown title box on spine; 330 pp; rough edge pages. Most likely a second printing of the 1899 unauthorized pirated ed.
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Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
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Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

by Khayyam, Omar (translated & rendered into English verse by Edward Fitzgerald)

Condition
Used - loose binding; one illust. page near the front of the volume has repaired tear; few flaws in first pages; text & illust. not
Edition
Special edition
Published
1894
Binding
Leather bound
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1894. Special edition. Leather bound. loose binding; one illust. page near the front of the volume has repaired tear; few flaws in first pages; text & illust. not affected; one illust. is loose but present. moderate rubbing to board corners & spine ends; thin split at top half of spine where it connects with front board.… Read more about this item
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$350.00
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Nobody Knows What the Stork Will Bring

by Criswell, Charles

Condition
very good -good dj; dj has edge wear & chipping; all else-clean, tight, & attractive; dj protected by new Mylar wrap.
Edition
First Printing
Published
1958
Binding
Hardcover
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$10.00

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New York: McDowell, Obolensky Inc., 1958. First Printing. Hardcover. very good -good dj; dj has edge wear & chipping; all else-clean, tight, & attractive; dj protected by new Mylar wrap.. 8 vo; green faux marble boards with black spine strip; gilt spine lettering; 180 pp; black dj with green lettering.
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$10.00
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A Checked Love Affair

by Ford, Paul-Leiceste

Condition
Used - Very Good +; no dj; light rubbing to spine ends and corners; one small indentation at top board edge; top of spine has small fra
Published
1903
Binding
Hardcover
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$100.00

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New York: Dodd Mead and Co., 1903. Hardcover. Very Good +; no dj; light rubbing to spine ends and corners; one small indentation at top board edge; top of spine has small frayed spot; p.o's gift inscription & date on front flyleaf; all else-clean, tight, & attractive.. Harrison, Fisher. 8 vo; light green boads with raised decoration in… Read more about this item
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$100.00
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Sabbatical

by Barth, John

Condition
Used - Fine in Slipcase; light fading to spine; all else-clean, tight, & attractive.
Edition
First edition; # 237 of 700 specially bound, numbeed, signed cop
Published
1981
Binding
Hardcover
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New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1981. First edition; # 237 of 700 specially bound, numbeed, signed copies.. Hardcover. Fine in Slipcase; light fading to spine; all else-clean, tight, & attractive.. 8 vo; black cloth boads with gilt spine lettering; black end papers; signed by the author; 366 pp; in black cloth covered slipcase.
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$100.00
A Tan and Sandy Silence
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A Tan and Sandy Silence

by MacDonald, John D.

Condition
Used - Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket; p.o.'s tasteful book plate inside front board; all else-clean, tight, & attractive;
Edition
First edition
Published
1971
Binding
Hardcover
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$360.00

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Philadelphia: J.P. LIppincott Co., 1971. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket; p.o.'s tasteful book plate inside front board; all else-clean, tight, & attractive; dj protected by new Mylar wrrap.. Don Brautigam (dj art). 8 vo; tan boards with darker brown spine strip, gilt spine lettering; illust. dj; 21 pp;
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$360.00
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Minnie Maylow's Story and Other Scenes

by Masefield, John

Condition
Used - Near Fine in Very Good Minus DJ; p.o.'s name on front flyleaf; dj has chipping and 1/2" piece absent at top left corner
Edition
First trade edition
Published
1931
Binding
Hardcover
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$36.00

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New York: Macmillan, 1931. First trade edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Very Good Minus DJ; p.o.'s name on front flyleaf; dj has chipping and 1/2" piece absent at top left corner; slight stain at bottom right of dj; not price clipped; all else-clean, tight, & attractive; dj protected by new Mylar wrap.. 8 vo; dark blue cloth covered… Read more about this item
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$36.00
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The Silence and Other Poems

by Davidson, Phebe

Condition
Used - Near Fine in Wraps
Edition
First printing
Published
1995
Binding
Wraps
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Lewiston, NY: Mellen Poetry Press, 1995. First printing. Wraps. Near Fine in Wraps. glued wraps; dark blue with front wrap gilt lettering; 55 pp; signed by the author on the title page.
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$50.00
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Cakewalk

by Smith, Lee

Condition
Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket; clean, tight, & attractive; dj protected by new Mylar wrap.
Edition
First edition
Published
1981
Binding
Hardcover
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New York: G.P.Putnams, 1981. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket; clean, tight, & attractive; dj protected by new Mylar wrap.. 8 vo; ivory paper covered boads with teal spine strip;gilt spine stipe 256 pp; illust. dj.
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$50.00
Something in the Wind

Something in the Wind

by Smith, Lee

Condition
Fine in Fine DJ; clean, tight, & attractive; as unread; dj protected by new Mylar wrap.
Edition
First edition
Published
1971
Binding
Hardcover
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$275.00

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New York: Harper& Row, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. Fine in Fine DJ; clean, tight, & attractive; as unread; dj protected by new Mylar wrap.. bright blue board with blind stamped decoration, bright yellow spine strip; blue spine lettering; 244 pp; rough edged pages; bright yellow dj.
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$275.00
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Short Friday

by Singer, Issac Bashevis

Condition
Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket; clean, tight, & attractive; dj protected by new Mylar wrap.
Edition
First edition
Published
1964
Binding
Hardcover
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$70.00

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New York: Farrar, Straus and Girou, 1964. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket; clean, tight, & attractive; dj protected by new Mylar wrap.. 8 vo; light gray boards with embossed author's name on front board; black spine strip; clay colored spine lettering; 243 pp; blue/white dj with black lettering; reviews by Harry T. Moore… Read more about this item
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$70.00
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The Colors of Desire

by Mura, David

Condition
Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket; clean, tight, & attractive; dj protected by new Mylar wrap.
Edition
First edition
Published
1995
Binding
Hardcover
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New York: Anchor Books, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket; clean, tight, & attractive; dj protected by new Mylar wrap.. Sergio Baradat (jacket art). sm 4 to; tan boards with brown spine strip with gilt lettering; illust. dj; 105 pp; includes glossary of Japanese words; inscribed to the poet, Rodney Jones on the… Read more about this item
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Sister Jane

by Harris, Joel Chandler

Condition
Used - Near Fine- no dj; very light rubbing to spine ends & corners; p.o.'s tasteful bookplate inside front board; all else-cle
Published
1896
Binding
Hardcover
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$125.00

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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1896. Hardcover. Near Fine- no dj; very light rubbing to spine ends & corners; p.o.'s tasteful bookplate inside front board; all else-clean,tight, & attractive.. 8 vo; green cloth boards with front board gilt decoration and title lettering, repeated on spine; 363 pp. a scarce title in fine condition.
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$125.00
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The Effect of LIving Backwards

by Julavits, Heidi

Condition
Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket; clean, tight, & attractive; dj protected by new Mylar wrap.
Edition
Second printing
Published
2003
Binding
Hardcover
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$30.00

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New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2003. Second printing. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket; clean, tight, & attractive; dj protected by new Mylar wrap.. 8 vo; light green goards with black spine strip; 325 pp; illust. dj. signed by the author on the title page.
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$30.00
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Discovering The World

by Vasseur, Thomas Jeffrey

Condition
Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket; clean, tight, & attractive; dj protected by new Mylar wrap.
Edition
First edition
Published
2001
Binding
Hardcover
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Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, 2001. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket; clean, tight, & attractive; dj protected by new Mylar wrap.. 8 vo; bright blue boards; gilt spine lettering; 352 pp; sepia photograph of young boy and a colt on dj. Inscribed by author on front endpaper; signed on the title page.
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$30.00
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The Heart of Hyacinth

by Watanna, Onoto

Condition
Used - Near fine; no dj; light rubbing to spine ends & corners; p.o.'s name in pencil on front endpaper; all else-clean, tight,
Edition
First edition
Published
1903
Binding
Hardcover
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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1903. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine; no dj; light rubbing to spine ends & corners; p.o.'s name in pencil on front endpaper; all else-clean, tight, & attractive.. Sano, Kiyokichi. Stunning lavander cloth boards with green, white, & gilt lettering & illust.; gilt spine lettering; decorated endpapers; 251 pp; four full page color plates… Read more about this item
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$110.00
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The Spider and Other Tales

by Ewald, Carl (translated by Alexander Teieira De Mattos

Condition
Used - Good + no dj; moderate rubbing to board edges; repaired spine looseness; p.o's book plate inside front board; all else-clean
Edition
Sole Authorized Translation (The Trow Press, NY
Published
1907
Binding
Hardcover
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New York : Scribners, 1907. Sole Authorized Translation (The Trow Press, NY. Hardcover. Good + no dj; moderate rubbing to board edges; repaired spine looseness; p.o's book plate inside front board; all else-clean, tight, & attractive.. 12 mo; dark green cloth boards with full board paper paste down title & small corner illust. of spiders, bird, & flower; gilt… Read more about this item
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Wheat That Springeth Green

by Powers, J.F.

Condition
Used - Very Good in Very Good DJ p.o.'s name inked out on front fly leaf; all else-clean, tight, & attractive.
Edition
Third printing
Published
1988
Binding
Hardcover
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New York: Knopf, 1988. Third printing. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good DJ p.o.'s name inked out on front fly leaf; all else-clean, tight, & attractive.. 8 vo; gray boards with gray spine strip; silver spine lettering; 335 pp; ivory & black lettered dj; author's b/w photo on the rear of dj.
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$25.00
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The Road

by McCarthy, Cormac

Condition
Fine in Fine DJ as unread; clean, tight, & attractive; dj protected by new Mylar wrap.
Edition
First edition, as stated
Published
2006
Binding
Hardcover
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$310.00

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New York: Knopf, 2006. First edition, as stated. Hardcover. Fine in Fine DJ as unread; clean, tight, & attractive; dj protected by new Mylar wrap.. 8 vo; rmuted orange boards with black spine strip; bronze spine lettering; 241 pp; shiny, black dj with author's name in gray letters and title in muted orange letters.
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$310.00